[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Tobyhanna 3-9-2015 by Ord. No.
521. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any property owner in the Township who has not paid promptly
any municipal charge owing to the Township for which the property
becomes charged or assessed pursuant to the Municipal Claims Act,
53 P.S. § 7101 et seq., shall also be charged an amount
sufficient to compensate the Township for its reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred in the collection of such delinquent charges in accordance
with the Township's schedule of attorneys' fees attached
hereto and incorporated herein as Appendix "A."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix "A" is included as an attachment to this chapter.
At least 30 days prior to assessing or imposing attorneys'
fees in connection with the collection of a delinquent account, including
municipal liens, claims and special assessments, the Township shall,
by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, mail to the owner of the property being so assessed a notice
that includes the following:
Pursuant to the authority set forth in the Municipal Claims
Act, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq., the Township hereby establishes an interest
rate of 10% per annum assessable against all municipal claims from
the date of the completion of the work after it is filed as a lien,
and on claims for taxes, water rents or rates, lighting rates, special
assessments or sewer rates from the date of the filing of the lien
therefor. The interest collectible on any municipal claim arising
out of a municipal project for which the Township issued bonds to
finance, however, shall be at the rate of interest of the bond issued
for the project or 12% per annum, whichever is less.
